Workshops @ The Drawing Room Chch - October 2020A favourite quote:
Painting a watercolour is making the best of an emergency. John Singer Sargent |
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En Plein Air
Christchurch City 21-22 October
My En Plein Air Workshop will focus on sketching and painting from direct observation, studying perspective, observing light and shadow shapes. we'll also discuss subject selection and simplification, quick sketching techniques, palette selection, composition, value contrast and more. I start the morning with a demonstration and then let you loose to create your own work and then assist each of you in turn throughout the afternoon. not suitable for absolute beginners, some sketching skills essential |
Painting Outside the Lines
Abstract Watermedia 24-25 October
Discoveries in watercolour are all the sweeter because it’s a fantastic medium to play with. This is where you can make your best discoveries – just by playing and understanding the relationships between hand, heart, brush, paper, pigment and water! Playing gives us the confidence to just take a risk and throw some colour down and see what happens. Playing also gives us the latitude to slow down and see the wonders the pigments create all by themselves leading us to paint and create intuitively. In this workshop, we’ll explore abstraction and design, shapes and marks, pattern and creating physical and visual texture. We’ll also focus on playing with new colours and pigments, new tools and media and develop our concept and design thinking processes. Join me and experiment with washes, shapes, texture, mixed watermedia, collage and more to create abstracty floral or still life works of art!! |
not suitable for absolute beginners, some sketching skills essential
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My demonstration and original paintings will be
available for sale at discounted prices
for workshop students.
available for sale at discounted prices
for workshop students.
Amanda's daily demonstrations include an emphasis on design principles, composition, colour and value relationships.
By helping you to simplify what you see and how you think, Amanda will work with you to develop quick
and energetic painting skills whilst focusing on your painting "idea". A wonderful opportunity to paint with a
contemporary watercolour master.
By helping you to simplify what you see and how you think, Amanda will work with you to develop quick
and energetic painting skills whilst focusing on your painting "idea". A wonderful opportunity to paint with a
contemporary watercolour master.
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"Thank you Amanda. I had a great time at your workshop on Saturday! I have done as you suggested, drawing & sketching and also playing with paints and colours, I’m really enjoying it and it’s a good way to relax.
Thank you!" Nisha "Your course gave me the confidence to play with watercolour!! Many thanks to you for your fun approach to teaching, it really helped me to have a go for the sheer pleasure of it." Carol "Just want to thank you so much for the class last night - your encouragement and grace is so wonderful. I still can't believe I actually painted! And I'm thrilled with my effort, please tell me that tomorrow is Wednesday!!!" :) Katherine "All credit to Amanda Brett Artist my wonderful encouraging teacher. Without her I would not have got this far." Catherine |
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